Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gijinka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gi-jin-ka
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-human character, thing, or idea that has been turned into a human or humanoid in artwork; a humanization.

Countable

noun

The practice of creating such characters.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 擬人化 (“personification”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 擬人化

Usage

Inflected Forms

gjinka (alternative)

Questions

What does gijinka mean?: A non-human character, thing, or idea that has been turned into a human or humanoid in artwork; a humanization.
Where does gijinka come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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